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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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