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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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