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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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