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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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