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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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