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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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