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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers 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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