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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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