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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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