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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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