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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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