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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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