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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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