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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the 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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