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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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