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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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