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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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