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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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