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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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