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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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