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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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