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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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