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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education enable learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the 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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