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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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