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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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