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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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