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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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