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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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