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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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