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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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