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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the key 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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