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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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