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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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