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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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