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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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