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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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