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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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