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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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