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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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