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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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