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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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