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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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