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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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