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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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