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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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