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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly 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 deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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