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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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