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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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