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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the key 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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