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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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