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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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