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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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