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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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