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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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