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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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