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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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