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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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