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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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