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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not 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 issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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