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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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