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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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