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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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