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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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