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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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