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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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