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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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