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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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