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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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