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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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