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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning enable learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the 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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