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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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