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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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