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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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