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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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