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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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