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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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