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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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