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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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