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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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