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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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