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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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