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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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