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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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