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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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