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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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