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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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