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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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