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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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