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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education