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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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