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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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