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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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