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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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