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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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