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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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