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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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