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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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