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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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