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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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