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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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