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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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