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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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