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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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