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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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