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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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