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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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