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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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