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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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