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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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