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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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