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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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