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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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