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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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