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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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