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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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