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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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