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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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