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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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