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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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