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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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