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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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