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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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