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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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