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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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