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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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