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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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