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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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