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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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