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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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