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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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