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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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