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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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