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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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