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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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