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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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