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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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