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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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