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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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