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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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