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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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