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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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