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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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