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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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