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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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