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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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