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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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