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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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