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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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