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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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