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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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