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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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