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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major 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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