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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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