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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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