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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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