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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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