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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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