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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free 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 variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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