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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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