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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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