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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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