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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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