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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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