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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing 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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