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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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