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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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