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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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