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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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