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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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