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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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