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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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