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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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