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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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