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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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