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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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