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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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