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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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