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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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