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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the 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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