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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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