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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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