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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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