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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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