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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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