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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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