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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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