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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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