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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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