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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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