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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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