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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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