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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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