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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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