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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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