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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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