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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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