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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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