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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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