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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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