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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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