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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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