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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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