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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning enable learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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