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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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