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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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