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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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