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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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