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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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