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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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