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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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