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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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