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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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