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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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