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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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