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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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