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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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