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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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