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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key 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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