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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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