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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the 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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