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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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