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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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