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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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