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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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