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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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