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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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