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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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