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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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