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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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