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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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