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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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