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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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