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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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