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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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