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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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