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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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