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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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