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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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