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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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