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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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