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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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