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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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