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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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