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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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