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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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