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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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