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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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