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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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