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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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