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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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