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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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