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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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