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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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