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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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