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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring 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 stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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