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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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