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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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