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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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