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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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