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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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