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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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