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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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