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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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