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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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