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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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