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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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