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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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