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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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