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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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