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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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