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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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