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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the amazing 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 examines the 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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