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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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