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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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