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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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