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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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