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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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