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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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