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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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