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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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