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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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