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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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