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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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