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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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