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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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