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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies 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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