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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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