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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the 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 deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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