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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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