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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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