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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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