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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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