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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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