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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the 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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