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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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