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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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