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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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