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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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