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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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