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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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