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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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