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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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