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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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