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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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