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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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