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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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