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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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