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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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