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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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