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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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