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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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