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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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