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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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