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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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