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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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