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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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