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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key 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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