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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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