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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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