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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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