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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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