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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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