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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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