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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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