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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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