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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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