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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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