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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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