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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. 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 online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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