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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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