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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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