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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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