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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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