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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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