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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores 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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