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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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