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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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