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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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