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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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