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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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