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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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