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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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