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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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