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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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