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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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