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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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