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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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