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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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