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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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