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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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