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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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