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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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