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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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