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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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