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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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