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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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