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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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