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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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