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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning enable students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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