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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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