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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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