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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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