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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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