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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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