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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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