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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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