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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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