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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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