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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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