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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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