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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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