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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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