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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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