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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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