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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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