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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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