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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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