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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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