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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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