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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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