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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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