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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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