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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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