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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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