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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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