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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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