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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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