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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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