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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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