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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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