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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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