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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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