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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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