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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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