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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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