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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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