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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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