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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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