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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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