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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these open educational endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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