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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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