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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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