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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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