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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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