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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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