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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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