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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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