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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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