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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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