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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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