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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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