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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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