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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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