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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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