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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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