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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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