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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts 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 explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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