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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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