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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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