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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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