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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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