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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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