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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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