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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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