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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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