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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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