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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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