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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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