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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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