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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the key 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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