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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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