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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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