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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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