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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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