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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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