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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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