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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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