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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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