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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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