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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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