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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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