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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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