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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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