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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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