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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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