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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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