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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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