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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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