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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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