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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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