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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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