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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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