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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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