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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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