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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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