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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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