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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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