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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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