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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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