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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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