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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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