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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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