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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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