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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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