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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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