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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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