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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling 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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