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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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