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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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