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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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