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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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