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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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