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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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