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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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