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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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