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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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