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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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