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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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