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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. New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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