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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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