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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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