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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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