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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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