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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 massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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