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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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