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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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