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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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