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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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