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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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