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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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