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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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