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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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