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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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