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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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