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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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