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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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