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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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