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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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