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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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