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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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