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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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