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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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