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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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