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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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