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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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