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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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