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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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