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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key 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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