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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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