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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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