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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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