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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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